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Kevin Mitnick At His Best - mothered - 02-22-2018
Greetings to all,
I've come across this video a while back and It just came to mind, so I thought I'd share It here. This Is Kevin Mitnick using his SEing skills to get himself out of a rather awkward situation. It's only a few minutes, so do take the time to watch It In full.
Those who're unaware of Mitnick, you can read about him here.
Read about his services via his official website.
As I've mentioned many times over (and still do) the fact that anyone and anything can be SEd and exploited, here's a snippet from the above site that solidifies my statements.
Quote:We maintain a 100 percent successful track record of being able to penetrate the security of any system we are paid to hack into using a combination of technical exploits and social engineering.
RE: Kevin Mitnick At His Best - Blink - 02-22-2018
I've read this story before in one of his books.
As I've stated before, he's a great author, and I highly recommend "Ghost In The Wires". Here's the Amazon link for anyone interested: https://smile.amazon.com/Ghost-Wires-Adventures-Worlds-Wanted/dp/0316037729
RE: Kevin Mitnick At His Best - mothered - 02-22-2018
Further to @"Ender"'s post above, In terms of social engineering performed by Mitnick and various hackers, I recommend reading The Art of Intrusion.
RE: Kevin Mitnick At His Best - Blink - 02-22-2018
(02-22-2018, 05:59 AM)mothered Wrote: Further to @"Ender"'s post above, In terms of social engineering performed by Mitnick and various hackers, I recommend reading The Art of Intrusion.
Might as well drop The Art of Deception here too https://smile.amazon.com/Art-Deception-Controlling-Element-Security/dp/076454280X
RE: Kevin Mitnick At His Best - phyrrus9 - 02-22-2018
(02-22-2018, 05:42 AM)mothered Wrote: Greetings to all,
I've come across this video a while back and It just came to mind, so I thought I'd share It here. This Is Kevin Mitnick using his SEing skills to get himself out of a rather awkward situation. It's only a few minutes, so do take the time to watch It In full.
Those who're unaware of Mitnick, you can read about him here.
Read about his services via his official website.
As I've mentioned many times over (and still do) the fact that anyone and anything can be SEd and exploited, here's a snippet from the above site that solidifies my statements.
Quote:We maintain a 100 percent successful track record of being able to penetrate the security of any system we are paid to hack into using a combination of technical exploits and social engineering.
That's awesome. Gotta love Mitnick. The funny part of this thread is Mitnick isn't even a particularly good social engineer.
RE: Kevin Mitnick At His Best - Dismas - 02-22-2018
Does Telco drugtest? Because it seems silly nobody recognized him.
RE: Kevin Mitnick At His Best - mothered - 02-22-2018
(02-22-2018, 08:16 AM)Oni Wrote: Does Telco drugtest? Because it seems silly nobody recognized him.
Good point.
Given It was around 20 years ago, perhaps his notoriety was not wide-spread as It Is nowadays.
RE: Kevin Mitnick At His Best - Pikami - 02-22-2018
This is an awesome story
I would be shitting my pants if a security guard found me somewhere I shouldn't be
RE: Kevin Mitnick At His Best - mothered - 02-22-2018
(02-22-2018, 11:51 AM)Pikami Wrote: I would be shitting my pants if a security guard found me somewhere I shouldn't be
He probably did.
He was very calm telling the story In the video, but I'd say It's safe to assume he would've been quite nervous at the time of the SE.
RE: Kevin Mitnick At His Best - zorrophreak - 02-23-2018
He's incredibly talented at what he does and its great to hear about it this way from him. I've read Ghost in the Wires and its definitely a great book. Definitely need to read the other two present in this thread.
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(02-22-2018, 11:51 AM)Pikami Wrote: I would be shitting my pants if a security guard found me somewhere I shouldn't be
and yeah I would be losing my shit internally if I got caught like that.